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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Apocalypse Now: Sandy Hook, Gun Ownership, and Civic Moral Responsibility
The TakeAway: The world may not have ended for us today, but it did for 27 women and children who were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday. That unspeakable tragedy reopens debates over gun ownership, violence, and mental … Continue reading →
Posted in Ethics and Values, Human Rights
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Tagged Adam Gopnik, Albert O. Hirschman, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Apocalypse Now, assault weapons ban, Barack Obama, Book of Revelation, Bushmaster, CalSTRS, Cerberus Capital Management, Christine Bader, civic moral responsibility, Dr. Judah Folkman, Eliot Spitzer, Elisabeth Kübler Ross, fiduciary, fiduciary ethic, Freedom Group, Garry Wills, Geoffrey Stone, gun control, mental health, murder, National Rifle Association, neurolaw, Newtown, Paul Ylvisaker, Peter Kinder, psychopaths, Robert C. Wood, Robert Zevin, Sandy Hook, school security, sin stocks, vicarious trauma, video games
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Justice for All: Climate Change and the Energy Economy
The TakeAway: It’s time for us to reach across social and cultural divides to kickstart our economy and advance the cause of justice. One way of doing that is to address fear and mistrust head-on, and then work together to … Continue reading →
Posted in Climate Change, Politics, Public Policy
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Tagged "We Can't Wait" campaign, AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, Barack Obama, Barry Stein, Better Buildings Challenge, Better Buildings Initiative, Bill Clinton, Ceres, Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), energy efficiency, Energy Savings Performance Contracts, House Climate Bill 2009, Investor Summit on Climate Risk & Energy Solutions, Just Transition, Political Economy Reseach Institute (PERI), public-private partnerships, retrofit, Rich Trumka, Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, United Nations, United Nations Foundation, United Nations Office for Parnerships
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Freedom Bytes
The TakeAway: President Obama and Mideast protesters relied on digital technologies to change regimes, but beyond campaigns, how can they be used to build sustainable prosperity and justice? On Wednesday the contrast was stark, as democracy’s rituals – revolution and … Continue reading →
Posted in Interactive Technology, Politics, Public Policy
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Tagged al-Jazeera, Algeria, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Cairo, Davos, Egypt, Facebook, GlobalPost, Google, Hezbollah, Hosni Mubarek, Islamic finance, Jasmine Revolution, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mideast, muni bonds, Palestine Papers, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Rally to Restore Sanity, Saudi Arabia, Sputnik moment, State of the Union (SOTU), Syria, Tunisia, Twitter, Yemen
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Tone at the Top: Rebooting Democracy’s Dialogue
The TakeAway: We must hold lawmakers accountable to high standards of statecraft, just as we hold ourselves accountable when engaging on ‘hot button’ issues such as corporate accountability, sustainability, and human rights. It was a high-minded day. Following a Native … Continue reading →
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
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Tagged "Obamacare", Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bob Massie, Congress, Dodd-Frank, Fred Upton, Gabrielle Giffords, gun control, Henry Waxman, House Committee on Energy & Commerce, House Financial Services Committee, House Rules Committee, human rights, Joe Barton, John Boehner, mental health, Michelle Bachmann, political truce, Spencer Bachus, stakeholder engagement, sustainability, Tucson
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